Chapter 1

Question 1

What is an herb?

Answer 1

Inorganic substances of mineral origin (salt, iron, sand, calcium)

Organic substances of plant or animal origin (containing carbon)

Question 2

What are the six pathogenic factors?

Answer 2

Wind
Cold
Heat
Damp
Dryness
Summerheat

Question 3

What is Yang?

Answer 3

Male energy - light, heaven, sun, day

Question 4

What is Yin?

Answer 4

Female energy - Dark, Earth, Moon Night,

Question 5

What is an external evil?

Answer 5

Xie - Pathogetnic factors externally. that effect you internally.

wind, cold, fire, summer-heat, dampness, dryness

Question 6

What is internal pathogen or evil?

Answer 6

wind, cold, heat, damp, dryness, summer heat.

Question 7

What are the 5 elements?

Answer 7

fire
earth
metal
water
wood

Question 8

What are the 7 Emotions?

Answer 8

Anger - Liver [rise qi]
Fear + Shock - Kidney [descend qi]
Fright - Kidney [scatter qi]
Grief - Lung [consumes qi]
Melancholy/Sadness - Affects LU [consumes qi]
Joy - Heart [slows qi]
Worry/Thought - spleen [stagnates qi]

Question 9

What are the 5 tastes? (tbh it’s 6)

Answer 9

Pungent
Sour
Bitter
Salty
Sweet
Bland

Question 10

What is Pungent?

Answer 10

Metal - White - Lung - Autumn
Promotes circulation
Relieve stagnation of qi and blood

Question 11

What is Sour?

Answer 11

Wood - Green - Liver - Spring
Astringent and retains
Stops the discharge of fluids

Question 12

What is Bitter?

Answer 12

Fire - Red - Heart - Summer

Drains Dampness and heat
Clears heat and relieves damp accumulation

Question 13

What is Salty?

Answer 13

Water - Black - Kidney - Winter
Softens hardness
Breaks up cyst, lumps, tumors

Question 14

What is Sweet?

Answer 14

Earth - Yellow - Spleen -Seasonal transitions/Mother
Strengthening and sedating
Nourishes body and sedates

Question 15

What is Bland?

Answer 15

Leaches and percolates dampness

Slow acting diuresis that gently removes dampness